BCBS HealthNow NY Medical Policy Updates – June 2018

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June 2018 Medical Policy Updates:

• Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
• Allogeneic Pancreas Transplant
• Ambulatory Event Monitors and Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry
• Amniotic Membrane and Amniotic Fluid
• Antigen Leukocyte Antibody Test
• Automated Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring for Diagnosis of Hypertension in Patients With Elevated Office Blood Pressure
• Bio-Engineered Skin and Soft Tissue Substitutes
• Biofeedback as a Treatment of Chronic Pain
• Biofeedback as a Treatment of Fecal Incontinence or Constipation
• Blepharoplasty
• Catheter Ablation for Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Charged-Particle (Proton or Helium Ion) Radiotherapy for Neoplastic Conditions
• Computed Tomography Perfusion Imaging of the Brain
• Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
• Cosmetic vs. Reconstructive Surgery or Services
• Cytochrome P450 Genotyping
• Cytoreductive Surgery and Perioperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Select Intra-Abdominal and Pelvic Malignancies
• Deep Brain Stimulation
• Dermatologic Applications of Photodynamic Therapy
• Electrostimulation and Electromagnetic Therapy for Treating Wounds
• Endovascular Therapies for Extracranial Vertebral Artery Disease
• Functional Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation
• Genetic Testing for Alzheimer Disease
• Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome
• Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy: Cancer of the Head and Neck or Thyroid
• Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy: Central Nervous System Tumors
• Intracavitary Balloon Catheter Brain Brachytherapy for Malignant Gliomas
• Islet Transplantation
• Isolated Small Bowel Transplant
• KRAS, NRAS, and BRAF Variant Analysis in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
• Light Therapy for Psoriasis
• Liver Transplant and Combined Liver-Kidney Transplant
• Lung and Lobar Lung Transplant
• Magnetoencephalography/Magnetic Source Imaging
• Manipulation Under Anesthesia
• Measurement of Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Exhaled Breath Condensate in the Diagnosis and Management of Respiratory Disorders
• Molecular Markers in Fine Needle Aspirates of the Thyroid
• Nerve Graft With Radical Prostatectomy
• Novel Biomarkers in Risk Assessment and Management of Cardiovascular Disease
• Optical Coherence Tomography of the Anterior Eye Segment
• Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Panniculectomy and Abdominoplasty
• Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Percutaneous Neuromodulation Therapy
• Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure Devices for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
• Pharmacogenetic Testing for Pain Management
• Placental and Umbilical Cord Blood as a Source of Stem Cells
• Plugs for Anal Fistula Repair
• Small Bowel/Liver and Multivisceral Transplant
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
• Technology Assessment
• Total Artificial Hearts and Implantable Ventricular Assist Devices
• Transanal Radiofrequency Treatment of Fecal Incontinence
• Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization to Treat Primary or Metastatic Liver Malignancies
• Treatment of Varicose Veins/Venous Insufficiency
• Vertebral Axial Decompression
• Whole Exome and Whole Genome Sequencing for Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders

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